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Bricker

Ghost town · Lee County, Iowa

Fort Madison quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)
Fort Madison quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bricker is a ghost town in Lee County, Iowa. It is one of 8 former communities in Lee County on the federal names register. No county in Iowa has more among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bricker as a historical populated place on the Nauvoo topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.5756° N, 91.4557° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNauvoo
Elevation570 ft
Nearest living townMontrose, IA
Distance to it4 miles
GNIS feature ID464345
Coordinates40.57560, -91.45571

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What's there now

Bricker is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Montrose, IA (population 688), about 4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 570 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bricker?

Bricker is in Lee County, Iowa, at 40.5756, -91.4557.

How many ghost towns are in Lee County?

Lee County, Iowa has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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